Develop essential project management skills to deliver successful technology change.
This GetSavi course is designed to provide you with all the information you need to manage and plan a successful technology change project from beginning to end.
And every stage includes practical advice on what you must do, what can go wrong, and how you can avoid the problems that trouble so many projects.
You will learn the practical steps that drive effective technology change projects within an organisation, and how you can become a better Project Manager.
You will also understand all of the stages, tools, and techniques required to initiate, plan, execute, control, and close a project, as well as how to get buy-in from your team and stakeholders.
This GetSavi course will help you to adapt to take advantage of the change (instead of fighting it).
Key skills you will learn.
- How to prepare and achieve the best out of each project phase
- Leading a Project Team and ensuring they work well together
- Managing upwards and getting the best out of your leadership team
- Managing change, especially the people-side of your project
- Effective project communications while getting staff buy-in
- Understanding and managing the high-risk areas of the project
Learning outcomes.
By the end of the course you’ll know how to…
- Manage and deliver a successful technology project in your own business
- Get buy-in and prepare your organisation for technology projects
- Plan project phases and resources for every stage of your project
- Identify issues and risks early and manage them effectively
- Ensure your teams help to deliver beneficial change to your business
Project pathway overview:
Each of the 10 modules reflects the real-world stages of a project in your own business. Think of it like this, taking the course is like running your own project, with our learners taking on the role of Project Manager.
On-boarding
An introduction to the course and your trainers, and your personalised Dashboard, including:
- Your Project Pathway, covering the real-world phases of your project
- Your Project Brief and an introduction to scenario-driven learning
- An introduction to your Project Team and key stakeholders
- An overview of the role of the Project Manager
- Meeting your virtual trainers, with experience of delivering hundreds of projects
Business Case
Developing a Business Case for project funding and approval, including:
- The art of getting enthusiastic buy-in and support for your Business Case
- Describing the benefits of the project and how they will be achieved
- Providing realistic budgets, return-on-investment and risk reduction info
- Identifying all options and providing recommendations
- Creating the groundwork for a successful project, with everyone on-board
Planning and resourcing
How to effectively plan and resource your project and assemble the best Project Team, including:
- Creating a solid foundation for your project and planning for success
- Understanding what roles are required and who is best to perform them
- Creating your Project Team and how to get the best out of them
- Establishing effective oversight and governance
- Creating your vital project documents, including your Project Plan
Requirements Gathering
How to challenge and agree your requirements, and create your Request for Proposal, including:
- The key skills of requirements gathering
- Learning how best to prioritise your business’s priorities
- Deciding when (and how) to review your business processes
- Understanding what makes a good Request for Proposal
- How best to engage your teams for buy-in and ongoing support
Supplier Selection
Researching the market and running a successful supplier selection process, including:
- How best to run a fair and transparent selection process
- Understanding what can go wrong, and how best to avoid the pitfalls
- Understanding how best to prepare and research the marketplace
- Ensuring your evaluation team know what is expected of them
- Evaluating potential suppliers to pick the ideal supplier
Change Management
How to manage the ‘people-side’ of your project and deliver successful business change, including:
- The benefits of change management and why it matters
- What change management means in practical terms
- How to plan for and deliver beneficial change as part of your project
- Overcoming reluctance to change and other obstacles
- How to make the change a permanent part of your business
Implementation
It’s time to implement the technology across your organisation. Learn how to:
- Establish a solid working framework with your supplier and key stakeholders
- Plan ahead to ensure your project is a success
- Communicate effectively to get the best from your supplier and team
- Anticipate and avoid risks and project issues
- Keep a focus on delivering benefits at every stage
Data, Testing and Reporting
How best to manage data migration, reporting and User Acceptance Testing, including:
- The best approach to take with these high-risk areas
- How best to engage with your users throughout the process
- Allowing the right time and resources
- What User Acceptance really means, and how to achieve it
- Getting ahead of the key challenges – and avoiding surprises
Going Live
Preparing for go-live, what comes afterwards and the new ‘business-as-usual’, including:
- Go-live is difficult! How to avoid the risk of failure
- Preparing for organisation-wide change while avoiding complaints
- Engaging with your stakeholders to ensure buy-in
- Ensuring high-take up and benefits from the go-live
- Planning for ongoing support, maintenance and improvement
Benefits Management
How to make sure your project delivers the intended benefits, including:
- Learning about ‘proactive benefits management’
- How to ensure benefits are achieved at every stage of the project
- Benefits are about people and change – how to get buy-in and support
- Keeping an eye on the Business Case
- Defining and measuring the expected benefits from your project
Experience required.
Good news! You don’t need any prior experience!
The GetSavi course assumes that you have no previous experience in project management, and all content is designed to assist you in managing your first project.
Even if you have some project management experience, you will still gain valuable insight from the detailed explanations of what really matters at each stage of the project, as well as the emphasis on the people-side of the project and on scenarios that are based on real-life project work.
Getting started.
The GetSavi course is intended for people who need to get the best from a technology change project in their own business.
Whether you’re a small business or a large multinational, the reality is that most business change requires a project to deliver it successfully. You will be able to apply the new skills you will learn in this course to any type of organisation or sector around the globe.
Prove you’re job-ready.
The GetSavi course is designed to give a real boost to your career, CV and your next appraisal.
- Fully accredited by the UK’s prestigious Institute of Leadership and CPD UK
- Additional accreditation from the International Association of Project Managers
- Automatic acceptance on passing as an Associate Member of the ILM
- Impress employers with valuable, practical learning outcomes you can add to your CV
- Make your career dreams a reality
